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Last active January 6, 2026 09:33
Github backend

Using GitHub as a Backend

GitHub can serve as a powerful, free versioned file storage and robust backend for applications that primarily need file storage, versioning, and user authentication. This guide explores how to implement a GitHub-based backend using the REST API, based on the implementation in this project.

1. Authentication

GitHub uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication. To interact with a user's repositories, you need an access token with the repo scope.

OAuth Configuration

  • Client ID: 7e08e016048000bc594e (This is the fixed Client ID for the production app).
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isaacs / node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh
Last active October 27, 2025 08:27
Use one of these techniques to install node and npm without having to sudo. Discussed in more detail at http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/ Note: npm >=0.3 is *safer* when using sudo.
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh